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Category: Poems About Grace and Mercy

  • The Problem of Man – A Christian Poem

    The Problem of Man – A Christian Poem

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    Justin Farley

    The Problem of Man – A Christian Poem You whisper to me in shades of sadness, Silently stammering like a broken record Skipping over the same ol’ speech. What do I do with this madness – This sinful desire that corrupts my heart with each new beat? I welcome you with open arms The moment…

  • My Conceited Heart – A Christian Poem About Turning Away From God

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    Justin Farley

    Is it your will that we should become strangersThe moment I become a stranger to pain?The wind howls your lonely lullabyAs I drift on forgetting your name. Your deliverance is a selfless actWrapped up and gifted as incomparable love -Your omniscient knowledge knowing we will turn awayThe second you stop the tears of our flood.…

  • The Battle of the Heart – A Christian Poem About Temptation

    The Battle of the Heart – A Christian Poem About Temptation

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    Justin Farley

    The Battle of the Heart – A Christian Poem About Temptation Oh Lord, my heart quakes with confusion. My mind twisted with the delusions of desire. I am a boat that wanders across the sea Getting rocked by the waves day in and day out. How do I stay afloat and stand tall When the…

  • The Lamb Who Sanctifies – A Christian Poem

    The Lamb Who Sanctifies – A Christian Poem

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    Justin Farley

    The Lamb Who Sanctifies – A Christian Poem  What peace, what hope What incomparable growth That sprouts from the True Vine. What love, what joy To be employed – To do the work of the Divine. Oh, the rapture brought forth from your pain. Wrath appeased, the Lamb is slain. Hyssop branches sprinkle your blood…

  • Christ the Redeemer – A Poem For Easter

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    Justin Farley

    Christ the Redeemer – A Rhyming Religious Poem For Easter Darkness drew back in disbelief on that day,When death’s victory was thwartedAnd the stone was rolled away.What depths of love,What heights of grace,Could bear the weight of the human race?Defeat didn’t last but three days,Before the wounds were healedAnd the burial cloth was cast away.Satan’s…

  • The Day Love Bore the World’s Pain – A Poem About Jesus’ Crucifixion

    The Day Love Bore the World’s Pain – A Poem About Jesus’ Crucifixion

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    Justin Farley

    A Poem About Jesus’ Crucifixion and Good Friday

  • Revival – A Christian Poem About Restoration

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    Justin Farley

    Revival – A Christian Poem About Restoration Take this wounded heartthat beats in its own keyand tune it to the beauty of your mercy. Gather these scattered fragments –pieces of man I yearn to beand mold me in the image of your Son. Bathe me beneath the waves of your living water.For you, you are…

  • Hope – A Christian Poem

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    Justin Farley

    Hope – A Christian Poem  When the world beats you down to the ground Love abounds between the beams of the cross, When you’re hopeless and lost, Riding waves that carry and toss You farther out to sea than your heart ever dared, There’s no reason to be scared. His love is always there, deep…

  • The Abundance of Your Mercy – A Christian Poem For Lent

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    Justin Farley

    The Abundance of Your Mercy – A Christian Poem For Lent  In the hour of my tribulation, I fail the same trials and tests Time and time again. Delighting for a fleeting moment in my selfish pleasures Before becoming quickly convicted of my sin. Do I find peace, joy, or comfort in my lustful wallowing?…

  • In You I Trust – A Christian Poem For Lent

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    Justin Farley

    In You I Trust – A Christian Poem For Lent In the midst of my trials, May I not lean on my familiar ways, But walk boldly relying on only your deliverance Through the heat of fiery flames. And may I not trust in this fragile castle I’ve erected with stones of self-reliance and pride,…

  • I AM – A Christian Poem About God

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    Justin Farley

    I AM – A Christian Poem About God I have painted a masterpiece for you And inscribed my name upon every branch, Every blade of grass, Every rising sun, Each shimmering star, Each full moon, And the trunk of every tree So that your eyes may look upon my creation And see me And know…

  • My God – A Christian Poem About Jesus and Salvation

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    Justin Farley

    My God – A Christian Poem About Jesus and Salvation My God has hoisted up the worldAnd bore its weight upon his shouldersWhile it was spitting in his faceAnd driving nails through his limbs like 2x4s. Who descended from heaven on highAnd embarked on a journey unwalkable by human flesh.Who allowed his body to be…

  • Waiting For Wisdom – Keeping Faith During Hard Times

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    Justin Farley

    “Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself…

  • Hate the Sin Love the Sinner – A Christian Poem

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    Justin Farley

    One of the hardest things to do as Christians is to uphold the truth of the Word, while at the same time not judging or condemning people. Comments like: “If they’re offended at what I say, they need to take it up with God because all I am doing is spreading his Word” seem to be an…

  • Poem about Surrendering and Submission to God

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    Justin Farley

    How to Fight A Battle You Can’t Win – Poem about Surrendering and Submission to GodThe world stands -tempting and taunting.Your inhibition weak -restless and yawning,ready to wake and welcome desire,to add fuel to this fireyou’ve fought so hard to contain.But instead of fighting a battle you can’t winyou stop, slow it down, and simply…

  • God I Need You Prayer Poem

    God I Need You Prayer Poem

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    Justin Farley

    My Heart Needed You – A Christian Poem Prayer About Searching For God My heart knew it needed you the minute it took its first beat. Your name was on the tip of my tongue the minute it first learned to speak. Yet, I crawled and slithered through the tall, green reeds ducked and darted…

  • Dancing With God

    Dancing With God

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    Justin Farley

    I saw you at the dance, glanced at you from the corner of my eye. But I was much too concerned with my appearance, felt too stained and ugly, so I let you walk on by. I watched you jiving out on the floor, wondering what it’d feel like in your arms, to sway to…

  • The Cries of the Sheep

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    Justin Farley

    The sheep lie scattered across the valley, each one willfully wandering away from the fold. Heads down, walking blind, grazing on grass that devours the soul. Yet, the evening leaves them frightened, and the darkness shakes them, shivering in the cold. They each look out across the withered pastures, surprised to find themselves so far…


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the book cover of Nature's Bounty by Justin Farley— a poetry collection about the beauty of nature with subjects on birds, plants, trees, animals, the forest, and God.
A deep poetry book about the beauty of nature and the natural world by poet Justin Farley.
the book cover of Frozen Rivers by Justin Farley— a poetry collection about depression and the hardships of mental illness, balanced with nature poems on the season of winter.
Deep poems about depression and the hardships of mental illness, balanced with nature poems on the winter season by poet Justin Farley. Book 1 of the Seasons series.
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Inspirational poems about mental health, healing, and spring by poet Justin Farley. Book 2 of the Seasons series.
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Deep poems about bipolar disorder and being neurodivergent, balanced with nature poems on summer by poet Justin Farley. Book 3 of the Seasons series.
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A contemplative, prayerful Christian poetry book about the spiritual journey and discovering God’s grace, mercy, and love.
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A deep love poetry book about the pain of break ups and the heartbreak felt when relationships end by poet Justin Farley.